Posted December 15, 2008
Physicians offering bargains on cosmetic injections like Restylane, Juvéderm, or Botox may be offering possibly counterfeit or illegally imported cosmetic injectables, according to the Physicians Coalition for Injectable Safety, an alliance of specialty physician organizations. Bargains on consumer goods and services may be designed to encourage spending in tough economic times, however when related to […]
Read MorePosted December 09, 2008
The FDA has approved the use of Latisse, manufactured by Allergan the makers of Botox and Juviderm, for eye lash growth. Latisse is the latest of glaucoma eye drops that have been found to increase eyelash length. Interestingly, the eyelashes will return to their previous normal length when Latisse is discontinued. Latisse joins Lumigan as […]
Read MorePosted December 07, 2008
Mark Frauenfelder recently wrote a very thought provoking article/blog that cited a recent Europian research study on how actually moving the facial muscles affects the brain (http://www.good.is/?p=13784). The study suggests that Botox is masking our normal response to emotional stimuli. Studies have shown that depression is helped by Botox. Patients take less anti-depressant medicine after […]
Read MorePosted November 03, 2008
Plastic Surgery Practice (PSP) reports in their current e-report that “Lipotec has introduced a nonsurgical way to give patients full lips, a new method of vehiculizing hyaluronic acid called Hilurlip. The name doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue, but the manufacturer is making big claims for its product. Hilurlip is an oil suspension containing particles […]
Read MorePosted October 27, 2008
And here is another story of trying to find that inexpensive botox fix, only it is not FDA approved Botox, it is a very dangerous bogus botulinium toxin: A Texas-based anesthesiologist convicted last year of injecting unsuspecting patients with a Botox substitute on Friday started serving a 2-year federal sentence. Gayle Rothenberg reported to a […]
Read MorePosted October 27, 2008
Two recent occurrences remind me once again to inform the public of the importance of choosing your treating physician very carefully when it comes to facial cosmetic surgery, particularly with Botox and facial fillers. I was interviewed last week for a television show called, “1000 Ways to Die”. I was asked to comment about a […]
Read MorePosted October 14, 2008
The Physicians Coalition for Injectable Safety reported that cheaper, unbranded, unapproved and counterfeit cosmetic injectables are a threat to your looks and your health warns . There have been 210 investigations with 68 arrests and 29 convictions of health care professionals (I use that term very loosely in this case), and over 1000 unknowing patients […]
Read MorePosted October 08, 2008
Dr. Persky braved the I-5 traffic this morning to appear on KDOC-TV’s live Orange County morning show DayBreak OC. Fraxel re:pair was the topic of discussion with co-anchors Pete Weitzner and the most lovely Shally Zomorodi (neither of whom will require any of the good doctor’s services in the near future thanks to their natural […]
Read MorePosted September 24, 2008
Colin Stewart, cosmetic medicine columnist of the Orange County Register asked me to comment on whether my patients still request facial features “like Angelina Jolie’s” — or have other celebrities edged her out? The most common request from my patients regarding a feature of Angelina Jolie’s that they would like on them is Brad Pitt! […]
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